Ex-May Dept. Store exec joins Sharper Image

SAN FRANCISCO Sharper Image has appointed Andrew Reich evp of merchandising, effective July 9. Reich will report directly to Steven Lightman, ceo. The company also announced that William Feroe, evp of merchandising, will be leaving the company at the end of August.

Previously, Reich was a senior vp and general merchandising manager with the May Company from 2000 to 2006. He had a 20-year career with the May Department Stores prior to the merger with Federated in 2006. He started as a management trainee out of college with May in Denver, Colo. Over the next 16 years, he had assignments within merchandising and store management in positions of progressively higher authority in four separate operating divisions within May. From 1993-2000, Reich was vp of electronics, tabletop, and stationery.